Several laws are created around the world to protect the population from sexual crimes. Is it unanimous all over the planet? Regardless of local hemispheres or religions, the understanding that sexual practice without the consent of one party or with young children is a serious act, and to inhibit such situations, sexual laws are created.
However, some sexual laws are also elaborated according to what is considered good or bad practices in relation to sex according to the culture of the region. This rule-setting, which should be intended solely as a protection and prevention of physical or psychological violence against sex, is often biased as it is based on moral values that depend on beliefs that are often not shared.
Those outside the context of certain cultures may view the sexual laws of some countries as unusual, funny, castrating or violent. But the common feeling for those who know this content is the strangeness, check out the countries and their strange laws:
Hong Kong: justice with one's hands in adultery
In Hong Kong, the wife is allowed to kill her husband who cheated on her, but she can do it only with her hands. The mistress can also be killed and in her case there are no restrictions on the form of murder by treason.
Guam: woman can't marry a virgin
In Guam, a Pacific Island recognized as US-administered territory, it is forbidden to marry a virgin woman. So there are men whose profession is to travel around the country to have sex with virgin women so they can get married. As it is really a professional activity, these men are paid for the service.
Bahrain: mirror examination at gynecologist to avoid emotions
In Bahrain, lawmakers have ruled that gynecologists can only examine their patients' vaginas by looking through a mirror's reflection, as this prevents direct gaze or touch from promoting any kind of sensation.
Nigeria: Single woman raped, punished with lashes
In Nigeria, the violation of any single woman is punished with one hundred lashes, but it is the woman who receives the violent blows for not complying with Islamic law of having sex only after marriage.
United States: Penis Costume Prohibited in Official Acts
In Nevada, in the United States, it is illegal for any member of the legislature to dress in a penis costume while the legislature is present at an official act session.
Indonesia: Decapitation by pleasure training
In Indonesia, the exploitation of one's own body by touching to train sexual pleasure is prohibited, ie the so-called masturbation practice, if discovered, is punished by decapitation.
Bolivia and Colombia: Mother absent and present in sex
In Santa Cruz, Bolivia, it is illegal to have sex with a woman and her mother at the same time. In Cali, Colombia, a woman can only have sex with her partner for the first time if her mother is present to witness the act.
What would you think if some of these sexual laws existed in Brazil?
6 Weirdest Sex Laws in the US (April 2024)
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